Thankful Thanksgiving Thursday

[mdlbear]

I'm not too good at rating things, but I think it's safe for me to say that this past year was even worse than the previous one, which I called pretty awful last Thanksgiving.

Looking back,...

ls ../2020/12/*thankf* ../2021/*/*thankf* | wc -l
45

... so I missed seven weeks, which is pretty poor compared to three last year and four the year before. Well, given what was going on...

Today I am grateful for...

• As I said last year, getting through the first 11/12 of 2021.
• Colleen. 45 years was a pretty good run. Do I need to say anything else? I don't think so.
• Being with her during her last hours, with thanks to N and Dr. Rangel for making that possible.
• My extended family (our kids - R and E, and their respective partners; the rest of the Rainbow Caravan - N, G, c, m, and j; plus my brother and his kids and grandkids) being alive and in reasonably good health.
• V, Colleen's caregiver, and L', our housekeeper.
• Colleen's care teams at UW, WhidbeyHealth, Swedish, Prestige, Regency, Whidbey Home Health, etc.
• My (remote) grief support group at The Healing Center.
• The household's excellent cats -- Desti and Ticia on Whidbey; and Cricket, Bronx, and Brooklyn in Seattle.
• Vaccine. Three shots of Moderna. Can I have a shot of Glenlivet with that?
• Zoom and Discord.
• Again, Dreamwidth, and all of you out there helping to keep me sane.

Comments

[ellenmillion]

Sending you thanks and warm wishes. <3

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

[madfilkentist]

Sometimes it's work for all of us to stay sane. Hang in there.

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

[cellio]

Hugs.

No one would fault you for missing weeks this year!

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

[freyjaw]

You're entitled to missing weeks. I'm thankful for you and Colleen.

[mdlbear]

I know, but I also have a weakness for statistics, especially when they can be computed with a one-line shell script.

Thanks!

[freyjaw]

I know what you mean. I put my med schedule in an Excel spreadsheet and my medical history in a Word document. It makes it easy for Chris to do my meds and RNs to do admission paperwork when I go to the ER or a new doctor. I would have killed to get a patient like this. :-)

[mdlbear]

I use a plain text file, but same deal. I have my pill bottles color-coded for AM, PM, or both. Makes loading up the weekly sorters fast and efficient.

Colleen's were more complicated, so I just arranged the list and the bottles alphabetically.

[freyjaw]

My history started as a text file. It evolved. I use Libre Office now. I take meds five times a day, not counting the Welchol I take with meals.

Chris' meds are much simpler.

[azurelunatic]

<3